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CUPS 'scheduler/select.c' Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is running CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) Service, which is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an use-after-free error within the 'cupsdDoSelect()' function in 'scheduler/select.c' when kqueue or epoll is used, allows remote attackers to crash or hang the daemon via a client disconnection during listing of a large number of print jobs.
Affected Software
Affected Software
CUPS versions 1.3.x, 1.4.x on Linux.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to version 1.5 or later, ***** NOTE: Please ignore this warning if the patch is applied. *****